（
C
）6. A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms because ______.
A. I had no interest in them
B. English idioms were very difficult
C. I did not realize the importance of them
D. my teacher didn't tell us the importance of them
（
C
）7. At first, on hearing "You don't say", I thought the foreigner meant ______.
A. I had talked too little
B. I had to stop talking
C. he was not interested in the topic
D. he was only interested in the Great Wall
（
A
）8. The underlined word "amusing" in Paragraph 1 probably means "______".
A. interesting B. important C. terrible D. unlucky
（
D
）9. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The Englishman wanted me to act as his guide.
B. The Englishman left China without seeing the Great Wall.
C. The Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after I talked about it.
D. The Englishman visited the Great Wall and thought it worth visiting.
（
A
）10. After the Englishman explained the idiom, ______.
A. I felt very silly
B. the Englishman became a real fool
C. I became more careful in everything
D. I thought the Englishman had made me a fool
